open letter to the 85 richest people on the planet

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http://www.nationofchange.org/open-letter-85-richest-people-planet-1390837222

Dear 85 Richest People In The World,

Thank you for your time.

I’m well aware that time, in your world, is money. Given that one member of your peer group, Warren Buffett, made $37 million per day in 2013, breaking down to a mind blowing $1.5 million an hour, I image the value of the 5 minutes or so you are granting me now, depending on where you rank in your elite group of 85, is somewhere in the neighborhood of $100,000.

So thank you. It means a lot.

We know that some of Mr. Buffett’s public statement’s show the possibility for a worldview, even among the rarefied air of your little 85 club, can be a little more compassionate and nuanced that the remarks of Mr. O’Leary.

In the interest of time, I’ll respond to Mr. O’Leary’s outlandish remarks in three broad areas: equity, sustainability, and wealth redistribution.

[liberal N proud]

1. The lie that O'Leary tells is not new, it is what the GOP uses to get poor people to vote for them

The lie that if you work hard, you too can be in the 1% is the belief that has been sold to millions of Americans who will go to the polls and vote against their own best interest and support the rich right wing, racist candidates.

They do this all the while they are amassing more wealth at the expense of those who support them.

And they do it with the help of a complacent media.

[laundry_queen]

2. Yep.

K&R to this thread.